Bottle



O E. RAAB May 27, 1930.

BOTTLE Filed Nov. 9, 1927 Patented May 27, 1930 OWEN E. RAAIB, OFSEATTLE, WASHINGTON I mm Application filed November 9, 1927. Serial No.282,020.

bottle and well in which the well is shaped and proportioned, and sopositioned Within the bottle that is especially adapted to serve as anink well into which a pen may be.

dipped, the well being small and narrow so that a small amountof inkwill fill it to a depth sufiicient to submerge the'entire point portionof the average pen when the pen 1s inserted therein and the upper edgeof the well being positioned and arranged so as to serve as a stopagainst which the end of the pen holder may strike to prevent the penfrom I being dipped too deep; to prevent the point of the pen fromstriking the bottom of the well and to prevent the end of the pen holdorfrom dipping into the ink.

Another object is to provide a combined bottle and well in which thewell is quickly and easily filled by applying the cap or cork andtilting or inverting the bottle.

Another object is to curve and slope the side wall which divides thewell from the remainder of the bottle in such a manner as to make ispossible to pick up, in the well, the last ink in the bottle when thebottle is almost empty and to further curve said side wall in such amanner that it will facilitate the flowing of ink into thewell and atthe same time afford the maximum amount of room or clearance throughwhich a fountain pen may be inserted into the bottle for the purpose offilling.

A still further object is to provide a well of this nature having two ormore notches in its top edge which permit the well to fill readily whenthe cap or stopper: is placed thereon and caused to rest on the top edgeof the well and the bottle is tipped sidewise or partially inverted.

Other and more specific objects will be apparent from the followingdescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawmgs.

.In the drawings Fi ure 1 is a plan view, with the cover remove of abottle constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on broken line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on broken. line 4-4 of Fig. 1. 1

Fig. 5 is a sectional view on broken line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view showing the bottle tipped up in the act-ofpicking up, in the well, the last ink inian almost empty bottle.

Like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the severalviews.

In the drawings 10 designates a bottle, whlch may be of any desired sizeand shape. The bottle 10 is provided with a relatively large neckportion 11 across which extends an integral wall 12 that cooperates informin a well 13 within the upper portion of said bottle. The wall 12 iscurved toward the well as shown in Figs. 1 and 5 to afford moreclearance through which large fountain pens may be inserted directlyinto the body of the bottle for the purpose of filling said pens. Thisleaves the well 13 approximately of crescent shape as shown. Said wall12 is also slo ed or inclined on its outer side as at 1 1 leavmg ashoulder 15 which prevents the last ink in an almost empty bottle fromrunning back into the bottle, see Fig. 6, as it might otherwise do whenthe bottle is tipped in the act of filling the well. The curvature andslope of the wall combine to form a channel through which the ink orother liquid may flow to enter the well. The top edge of the wall 12 isprovided with two or more notches 16 and 17 one of which is locatedmidway between the two ends of the wall and the other of which islocated near the junction of one end of said wall with the bottle neck.The top edge of the wall 12 terminates a'short distance below the planeof the top of the bottle whereby a cap 18 having a cork 19 may be placedon the bottle and caused to form a liquid tight seal with the top edgeof v .35 will drain out through t the bottle without bearin hard againstthe top edge of the wall 12. n practice the cork 19 on the inside of thecap 18 may rest upon the edge of the wall 12 or may be just clear ofsuch wall. The cap is preferably tightened on the bottle by turnin anywell known fastening means beinguse for securing the ca to the bottle.

the use of this bottle as an ink receptacle and well the bottle isfilled with ink-and capped in the usual-manner. When the ink is to beused for fillinig fountain pens. the fountain pen is insert/e past theside of the well into the bottle, the curved wall 12 of '15 the wellleaving an opening that is large enough to admit the largest fountainpens. When the well is to be used the bottle is tilted or invertedbefore the cap is removed and the well allowed to fill, after which thebota0 tle is placed upright, the cap removed and the pen held by holder21, see dotted lines Fig. 4, is dipped into the well in the usualmanner. The holder being stop ed b the wall 12, will not become smearewit ink and the pen of average length will be dipped to the proper depthwithout striking its point on the bottom of the" well. When the bottleis ti ped for filling the well the ink will enter t rough the notch 16and the air from the )0 well will escape into the bottle through thenotch 17, thus permitting the well to fill readily and preventing theair fromexcluding the ink from the well. When the bottle is turned rightside up, after filling the well, excess ink e notch 16 brin ing thelevel of the ink down to the bottom 0 the notch 16.

The bottom wall of the well below the shoulder 15 is inclined as shownin Figs. 4 i and 6so that no ink pockets are .formed and the ink is allfree to flow to the top of the bottle when the bottle is inverted.

This bottle is not a measuring bottle but ma be advantageously used formedicines an other liquids aside from ink where 1t is desired to have asmall quantity of the liquid readily available in the well. The contentsof the well are not intended to be poured out independently of thecontents of the bottlebut the contents of the well may be emptied backinto the bottle by proper tilting of the 1 bottle except when the bottleis substantially full. When the well is not being used it willordinarily be covered by the cap thus preventing evaporation of theliquid, excluding dirt and preventing spilling of the contents.

The well is at the to of the bottle making it easy of access and oth thewell and the bottle are freely accessible through the neck of thebottlemaking the same suitable as a combined ink well and fountain penink recepltacle.

he foregoing description and accompanying drawings clearly disclose apreferred em- 65 bodiment of my invention but it will be understood thatthis disclosure is merely illustrative and that such chan es in theinvention may be made as are airly within the sec e and spirit of thefollowing claims.

claim:

1. A bottle having a neck provided with a transverse wall which passessubstantially through the neck in the general direction of the neck andforms an integral well arranged to be filled by tilting the bottle, boththe bottle and the well being directly accessible for the dipping of apen thereinto through the mouth of the bottle.

2. In a receptacle of the class described, a bottle having a neck and awall extending across said neck and passing substantially through theneck in the general direction of the neck, and forming a well intheupper portion of the bottle said well and the m-' terior of said bottleboth being directly accessible for the insertion of an instrument throuh said neck.

3. n a receptacle of the class described, a bottle having a relativelylarge: neck, and a wall extending across said nec and assingsubstantially through the neck in e general direction of the neck, andforming a well in the upper portion of said bottle the top edge of saidwall terminatin slightly below the dplane of the top of t e bottle, saidwell an the upper portion of said bottle both being directly accessiblefor the insertion of an instrument through the top of said bottle.

4. In a receptacle of the class described, a bottle having a relativelylarge neck, a wall extending across said neck and passing substantiallythrough the neck in the general direction of the neck, and forming awell in the upper portion of said bottle the top ed 0 of said wallterminating slightly below the plane of the top of the bottle, said welland the upper portion of said bottle both being directly accessible forthe insertion of an instrument through the top of said bottle andnotches'formed in the to edge of said wall whereby the well may be lledby tilting the bottle when the bottle 1s capped.

5. In a combined ink well and receptacle of the class described, abottle having a relatively large neck, a wall extending across said neckand passing substantially through the neck in the general direction ofthe neck, and curved to afford a large opening into said bottle at oneside of said wall and to form a narrower well at the other side of saidwall, said bottle and said well both being directly accessible to a peninserted through the neo of the bottle, said wall terminating slightlybelow the plane of the top of the bottle neck, and the top edge of saidwall having notches therein to facilitate the escape of'air and theinflow of ink to the well when the bottle is capped and tilted forfilling. v

6. In a combined ink well and receptacle 130 of 'the class described, abottle having a relativel large neck, a wall extendinglacross said necan passing substantially t rough the neck in the general direction ofthe neck, and curved to afford a large opening into said bottle at oneside of said wall and to form a narrower well at the other side of saidwall, the exterior of said curved wall being inclined to afford ashoulder for preventing a back flow of ink in filling the well when thebottle is almost empty, and the top edge of said wall terminatin belowthe plane of the top of the bottle 1165!, said top edge having amedially disposed ink inlet notch and having another notch near thejunction of said wall with the bottle neck to permit the escape of airwhen the bottle is capped 'and turned into an inclined position to fillthe well.

The foregoing specification signed at Seattle, Wash, this 3rd day ofNow, 1927. OWEN E. RAAB.

